Author Question: In 1936, Shostakovich attracted a great deal of negative attention from Soviet Union authorities in ... (Read 37 times)

Zulu123 · **on:** Jul 25, 2018

In 1936, Shostakovich attracted a great deal of negative attention from Soviet Union authorities in a work he wrote that year. What is the name of that work?

a) The Nose
b) Aphorisms
c) Alexander Nevsky
d) Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District

Question 2

Which of the following individuals was the quintessential librettist of opera seria; indeed, more than 700 operas were written to his libretti?

a) Pietro Metastasio
b) Ben Jonson
c) Johann Christoph Pepusch
d) Giovanni de' Bardi